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  • Written by: Misha Ketchell, Editor, The Conversation

When we started The Conversation, people scoffed at the idea we’d be able to convince academics to write articles within a few hours of sending a request. They turned out to be wrong, in no small part due to the efforts of the authors who went on to become our first columnists.

They were the ones who just go it, the early adopters from...

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Same-sex marriage result delivers much-needed good news for embattled Turnbull

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Australians have paved the way for the country’s biggest legislative social change in decades.

But before we congratulate ourselves excessively, let’s remember that legalising marriage equality just catches us up with many comparable countries. It is extraordinary that this country has lagged behind New Zealand and Britain, where reform...

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Same-sex marriage survey by the stats: a resounding 'yes' but western Sydney leads 'no' vote

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

More than 7.8 million people voted “yes” to same-sex marriage (61.6% of clear responses) beating the 4.9 million “no” voters (38.4% of responses). But New South Wales had the lowest “yes” vote as a result of western Sydney electorates with high immigrant populations voting against.

A total of just over 12.7...

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The marriage equality survey is won, but the battle against discrimination continues

  • Written by: Timothy W. Jones, Senior Lecturer in History, La Trobe University

The polls are in and Australians have signalled their strong support for same-sex marriage. The only stumbling block to marriage legislation passing into law is disagreement about what extensions to protections of religious freedom are needed.

It is becoming increasing clear, however, that the “protections” conservatives are arguing...

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  1. Australians vote overwhelmingly to legalise same-sex marriage
  2. Turnbull is on the winning side on marriage equality, but his troubles are far from over
  3. How to talk to your kids about today's same-sex marriage postal survey result
  4. As Australians say 'yes' to marriage equality, the legal stoush over human rights takes centre stage
  5. How the 'yes' vote will impact workers and HR
  6. Talking Ordinary: from Simic to Farrell
  7. Adani aside, North Queensland voters care about crime and cost of living
  8. QLD Election FactCheck: are 'up to 21 fathers' dying by suicide every week?
  9. Curious Kids: Do most volcanologists die from getting too close to volcanoes?
  10. Mungo Man returns home: there is still much he can teach us about ancient Australia
  11. Time for a global agreement on minerals to fuel the clean energy transition
  12. Three charts on: brain cancer in Australia
  13. Rembrandt, capitalism and great art: the Dutch golden age comes to Sydney
  14. A city that forgets about human connections has lost its way
  15. Shorten goes for broke in byelection with mega stakes for Turnbull
  16. Four reasons Victorian MPs say 'no' to assisted dying, and why they're misleading
  17. The Trans-Pacific Partnership is back: experts respond
  18. Newspoll 55-45 to Labor as Turnbull's better PM lead falls to 2. Qld and Alabama polling
  19. As China flexes its muscles in Antarctica, science is the best diplomatic tool on the frozen continent
  20. Book review: Curing Affluenza takes aim at our all-consuming passions
  21. Australia's tenuous place in the new global economy
  22. Here’s looking at: Pipilotti Rist, Ever Is Over All
  23. What is the best way to respond to the Rohingya crisis: boycott, sanctions or engagement?
  24. Shorten recruits Keneally for Bennelong, as citizenship crisis claims Lambie
  25. Teaching kids 21st century skills early will help prepare them for their future
  26. High energy costs make vulnerable households reluctant to use air conditioning: study
  27. Honey Birdette and the changing attitudes to sex in advertising
  28. Living rooms for rent by the minute outsource the whole idea of home
  29. Demand for people skills is growing faster than demand for STEM skills
  30. Four factors driving the price of Bitcoin
  31. How Victoria's family violence system fails some victims – by assuming they're perpetrators
  32. From 'Leb bread' to 'Leb Kelly', finally we're seeing more Middle Eastern faces on TV
  33. Did they mean to do that? Accident and intent in an octopuses' garden
  34. Violence between residents in nursing homes can lead to death and demands our attention
  35. Alexander Dugin, Eurasianism, and the American election
  36. At APEC, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping revealed different ideas of Asia's economic future
  37. Fossil fuel emissions hit record high after unexpected growth: Global Carbon Budget 2017
  38. Twitter analysis shows Queensland Labor has put Adani behind them
  39. Hanson loses replacement senator – before he is even sworn in
  40. What we can learn from the Warren Buffett of the web
  41. With One Nation on the march, a change to compulsory voting might backfire on Labor
  42. Simon Leys, navigator between worlds – a unique Australian intellectual
  43. Cups, lingerie and home-made pads: what are the reusable options for managing your period?
  44. Cormann and Shorten reach deal on citizenship disclosure
  45. Hemp can now be sold as a food in Australia (and it's super good for you)
  46. The gender pay gap is wider in the arts than in other industries
  47. Why big projects like the Adani coal mine won't transform regional Queensland
  48. Small potent doses of illegal drugs are evading authorities but having a huge impact
  49. Portable units and temporary leases free up vacant land for urgent housing needs
  50. What causes breast cancer in women? What we know, don't know and suspect

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